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parkin

British  
/ ˈpɑːkɪn /

noun

  1. (in Britain and New Zealand) a moist spicy ginger cake usually containing oatmeal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of parkin

C19: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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The title of the article is "Parkinson's disease linked parkin mutation disrupts recycling of synaptic vesicles in human dopaminergic neurons."

From Science Daily • Sep. 15, 2023

PINK1 and parkin act together in stressed cells to protect mitochondrial function.

From Nature • Jul. 16, 2019

Two proteins, PINK1 and parkin, regulate the function of energy-generating organelles in the cell called mitochondria1–3, and are dysfunctional in certain forms of Parkinson’s disease.

From Nature • Jul. 16, 2019

So, what we’re saying is, this could be an entertaining shambles, or two teams terrified of losing another game, thus a match stodgier than week-old parkin.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2015

They gav a lad a parkin pig,    As on the street they went; Ta point ’em aght St. George’s Hall,    An’ Ostler’s Monument.

From Revised Edition of Poems by Bill o'th' Hoylus End

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